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Ten years of hostessing: the confession of Miaolian
Key takeaway
She said the root was not money but delusion: blinded by lust, blinded by money, greedy for pleasure. See the delusion and you see the way back.
She said the root was not money but delusion: blinded by lust, blinded by money, greedy for pleasure. See the delusion and you see the way back.
Miaolian, from Shanghai, confessed publicly at a temple. From eighteen she worked in nightclubs for about ten years, had many sexual partners and was a mistress. She chased money and pleasure by any means, then developed chronic pelvic disease that would not heal, was robbed, threatened with a knife, and lost a boyfriend of many years to a third party. She had also pulled a seventeen-year-old girl into the trade and felt she had ruined her. Only after studying Buddhism did she understand cause and effect, confess openly, and tell her parents the truth.